Our next restoration project

Thanks to our friend Lloyd, we have a new project at the farm. Not so long ago our forefathers dealt with snow in a very different way. Instead of plowing and salting they packed and skated. To do this they used equipment that is very different than what we have today. To start, they would use huge heavy rollers that were pulled behind horses to compress the snow as tight as they could. Then to travel on the road they would use sleds instead of wheeled wagons. Once the roads were compacted they would actually last quite a while since it would turn to packed ice. You might ask, didn't the horses have trouble walking on the ice? They solved this by taking old metal rasps and drill bits and busting them into very small pieces and then flux welding these pieces to the shoes of the horses. These jagged pieces of metal gave the traction the horses needed to pull the sleds.
Our new sled will be used during the winter to give rides around the farm and to give the ponies another winter work-out on the farm.